"""Thomas Currie """"Diver"""" Derrick, VC,DCM 20 March 1914 – 24 May 1945 was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross. In November 1943 during WWll Derrick was awarded the Victoria Cross for his assault on a heavily defended Japanese position at Sattelberg,New Guinea.During the engagement, he scaled a cliff face while under heavy fire and silenced seven machine gun posts, before leading his platoon in a charge that destroyed a further three."""
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